dellemc.openmanage.ome_device_info module – Retrieves the information of devices inventoried by OpenManage Enterprise

Note

This module is part of the dellemc.openmanage collection (version 8.7.0).

You might already have this collection installed if you are using the ansible package. It is not included in ansible-core. To check whether it is installed, run ansible-galaxy collection list.

To install it, use: ansible-galaxy collection install dellemc.openmanage. You need further requirements to be able to use this module, see Requirements for details.

To use it in a playbook, specify: dellemc.openmanage.ome_device_info.

New in dellemc.openmanage 2.0.0

Synopsis 

This module retrieves the list of devices in the inventory of OpenManage Enterprise along with the details of each device.

Requirements 

The below requirements are needed on the host that executes this module.

python >= 3.8.6

Parameters 

Parameter	Comments
ca_path path added in dellemc.openmanage 5.0.0	The Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) file that contains a CA certificate to be used for the validation.
fact_subset string	`basic_inventory` returns the list of the devices. `detailed_inventory` returns the inventory details of specified devices. `subsystem_health` returns the health status of specified devices. Choices: `"basic_inventory"` ← (default) `"detailed_inventory"` `"subsystem_health"`
hostname string / required	OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular IP address or hostname.
password string / required	OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular password. If the password is not provided, then the environment variable `OME_PASSWORD` is used. Example: export OME_PASSWORD=password
port integer	OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular HTTPS port. Default: `443`
system_query_options dictionary	system_query_options applicable for the choices of the fact_subset. Either device_id or device_service_tag is mandatory for `detailed_inventory` and `subsystem_health` or both can be applicable.
device_id list / elements=integer	A list of unique identifier is applicable for `detailed_inventory` and `subsystem_health`.
device_service_tag list / elements=string	A list of service tags are applicable for `detailed_inventory` and `subsystem_health`.
filter string	For `basic_inventory`, it filters the collection of devices. filter query format should be aligned with OData standards.
inventory_type string	For `detailed_inventory`, it returns details of the specified inventory type.
timeout integer added in dellemc.openmanage 5.0.0	The socket level timeout in seconds. Default: `30`
username string / required	OpenManage Enterprise or OpenManage Enterprise Modular username. If the username is not provided, then the environment variable `OME_USERNAME` is used. Example: export OME_USERNAME=username
validate_certs boolean added in dellemc.openmanage 5.0.0	If `false`, the SSL certificates will not be validated. Configure `false` only on personally controlled sites where self-signed certificates are used. Prior to collection version `5.0.0`, the validate_certs is `false` by default. Choices: `false` `true` ← (default)

Notes 

Note

Run this module from a system that has direct access to Dell OpenManage Enterprise.
This module supports check_mode.

Examples 

---
- name: Retrieve basic inventory of all devices
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_device_info:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"

- name: Retrieve basic inventory for devices identified by IDs 33333 or 11111 using filtering
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_device_info:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    fact_subset: "basic_inventory"
    system_query_options:
      filter: "Id eq 33333 or Id eq 11111"

- name: Retrieve inventory details of specified devices identified by IDs 11111 and 22222
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_device_info:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    fact_subset: "detailed_inventory"
    system_query_options:
      device_id:
        - 11111
        - 22222

- name: Retrieve inventory details of specified devices identified by service tags MXL1234 and MXL4567
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_device_info:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    fact_subset: "detailed_inventory"
    system_query_options:
      device_service_tag:
        - MXL1234
        - MXL4567

- name: Retrieve details of specified inventory type of specified devices identified by ID and service tags
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_device_info:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    fact_subset: "detailed_inventory"
    system_query_options:
      device_id:
        - 11111
      device_service_tag:
        - MXL1234
        - MXL4567
      inventory_type: "serverDeviceCards"

- name: Retrieve subsystem health of specified devices identified by service tags
  dellemc.openmanage.ome_device_info:
    hostname: "192.168.0.1"
    username: "username"
    password: "password"
    ca_path: "/path/to/ca_cert.pem"
    fact_subset: "subsystem_health"
    system_query_options:
      device_service_tag:
        - MXL1234
        - MXL4567

Return Values 

Common return values are documented here, the following are the fields unique to this module:

Key

Description

device_info

dictionary

Returns the information collected from the Device.

Returned: success

Sample: {"value": [{"Actions": null, "AssetTag": null, "ChassisServiceTag": null, "ConnectionState": true, "DeviceManagement": [{"DnsName": "dnsname.host.com", "InstrumentationName": "MX-12345", "MacAddress": "11:10:11:10:11:10", "ManagementId": 12345, "ManagementProfile": [{"HasCreds": 0, "ManagementId": 12345, "ManagementProfileId": 12345, "ManagementURL": "https://192.168.0.1:443", "Status": 1000, "StatusDateTime": "2019-01-21 06:30:08.501"}], "ManagementType": 2, "NetworkAddress": "192.168.0.1"}], "DeviceName": "MX-0003I", "DeviceServiceTag": "MXL1234", "DeviceSubscription": null, "LastInventoryTime": "2019-01-21 06:30:08.501", "LastStatusTime": "2019-01-21 06:30:02.492", "ManagedState": 3000, "Model": "PowerEdge MX7000", "PowerState": 17, "SlotConfiguration": {}, "Status": 4000, "SystemId": 2031, "Type": 2000}]}

msg

string

Over all device information status.

Returned: on error

Sample: "Failed to fetch the device information"

Authors

Sajna Shetty (@Sajna-Shetty)
Felix Stephen (@felixs88)

dellemc.openmanage.ome_device_info module – Retrieves the information of devices inventoried by OpenManage Enterprise

Synopsis

Requirements

Parameters

Notes

Examples

Return Values